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Burial at sea for two casualties of a Japanese submarine attack on the US aircraft carrier USS Liscome Bay, November 1943. Burial at sea is the disposal of human remains in the ocean, normally from a ship, boat or aircraft. It is regularly performed by navies, and is done by private citizens in many countries.
Zachary Hickes (d. 1771), Royal Navy first lieutenant aboard HMS Endeavour on its voyage to Australia [3] Kealiiahonui (1800–1849), Kaua'i nobleman buried at sea in Pearl Harbor. Sir Arthur Kennedy (1809–1883), British colonial governor of Hong Kong and Queensland, buried in the Red Sea after dying on voyage to England.
This category contains articles about persons who were buried at sea rather than in a cemetery or other permanent (i.e., knowable) final resting place. This also includes those who have been cremated and their ashes were buried at sea. Persons who died in shipwrecks and whose bodies were never recovered for burial might also be included.
Sailors of the United States Navy, armed with M14s, form a rifle party and fire a volley salute on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a burial at sea ceremony. "Three Volley Salute"
The sea, then, might not be misappropriately termed by a rude mariner, Jonah's locker—that is, the place where Jonah was kept or confined. Jonah's locker, in time, might be readily corrupted to Jones's locker; and Davy, as a very common Welsh accompaniment of the equally Welsh name, Jones, added, the true derivation of the phrase having been ...
The following day, the Japanese pilot received a military burial at sea. An improvised Japanese flag, sewn by one of the ship's bosun's mates, covered the bag holding the man's remains. [22] The ship's chaplain committed the body to the sea and the six pallbearers let it slide overboard, accompanied by a volley of rifle fire. [22]
The Unknown Soldier from World War I arriving at the Washington Navy Yard, circa 1921 Military rites are honors presented at a funeral for a member of a military or police force. These rites, which are performed (usually) at the burial , include the firing of rifles, presenting of a flag and or bugle calls.
Architectural model of the Navy and Marine Monument created circa 1924 by Harvey Wiley Corbett. [2] The Navy and Marine Memorial, is a monument honoring sailors of the United States Navy, Coast Guard, the United States Merchant Marine, the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and others who died at sea during World War I and other times.